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Brazil vs Costa Rica, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2018
Brazil
2 – 0
Full Time
Costa Rica
Fri 22 Jun 2018 · 12:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Neymar 81' Y
Philippe Coutinho 81' Y
Y 84' Johnny Acosta

Overview

Match Preview

Brazil vs Costa Rica — Worldcup .

Match Details

  • Referee Damir Skomina
  • Referee Jure Praprotnik
  • Referee Bjorn Kuipers
  • Referee Sander van Roekel
  • Referee Erwin Zeinstra
  • Referee Danny Makkelie
  • Referee Artur Soares Dias
  • Referee Mark Geiger
  • Referee Joe Fletcher

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Brazil 1 games · Avg 2.0 goals Costa Rica
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-22 Brazil 2–0 Costa Rica

Recent Form

Brazil
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Jun Costa Rica H 2–0 W
17 Jun Switzerland H 1–1 D
07 Feb VfL Bochum 1848 H 1–1 D
26 Oct RB Leipzig H 1–0 W
21 Aug Hannover 96 H 4–3 W
Costa Rica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Jun Brazil A 0–2 L
17 Jun Serbia H 0–1 L
21 Aug SC Rot-Weiss Oberhausen H 0–6 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Brazil this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Brazil
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/2
31-45
4/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
–/–
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' Costa Rica is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' It’s high time Tite made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 15' It looks surprising Brazil does not make any changes. Philippe Coutinho has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 20' Costa Rica is showing some good football. However, Costa Rica are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yeltsin Tejeda, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 30' The travelling Costa Rica supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 45' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Brazil needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 46' The Brazil manager makes a substitution. Willian departs to be replaced by Douglas Costa.
  • 51' Keylor Navas has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 58 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 54' It is a substitution in Costa Rica team. Marcos Urena is replaced by Cristian Bolanos on 54 minute.
  • 59' Alisson Becker needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 64' Brazil seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 68' Another change for Brazil made on 68 minute. Paulinho leaves to be changed by Roberto Firmino.
  • 73' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Miranda made 485 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 75' The supporters are chanting for Francisco Calvo. He replaces Cristian Gamboa on 75 minute.
  • 80' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 81' A meaty challenge results in booking for Neymar on 81.
  • 83' Costa Rica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yeltsin Tejeda is hanging David Guzman on the field on 83 minute.
  • 84' The referee calls foul for Johnny Acosta. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 89' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Brazil that had 28 games and scored 53 goals.
  • 90' Philippe Coutinho puts Brazil on the lead.
  • 90' The Brazil manager makes a substitution. Gabriel Jesus departs to be replaced by Fernandinho.
  • Full Time. Brazil beats Costa Rica

Lineups

Brazil Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tite

Costa Rica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Oscar Ramirez

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.64 Brazil xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.67 Costa Rica xG
I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 60% + Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Brazil60% Draw25% Costa Rica15%
Actual: Brazil win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes40% 0% No60%
Avg goals/match: 2.31
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 67%
33%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 21%
79%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Brazil or Draw
85%
Draw or Costa Rica
40%
Brazil or Costa Rica
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Brazil40% Draw49% Costa Rica11%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
15.5%
2 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
12%
1 – 1
11.6%
2 – 1
8.7%
3 – 0
7%
0 – 1
5.6%
3 – 1
4.8%
1 – 2
3.4%
2 – 2
2.9%
4 – 0
2.9%
0 – 2
2.1%

Asian Handicap — Brazil

Handicap Brazil covers Push Costa Rica covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 19% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 26% 41%
-0.5 59% — 41%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 10% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Brazil keeps clean sheet
52% ✓
Costa Rica keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.